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Filmmaker: Why I made BLACKFISH

In this CNN essay, filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite relates her motivations.

“My hope is that we take the BLACKFISH momentum and use it to help evolve us out of animals for entertainment. These silly marine park tricks are of no social, educational or conservational value. We advocate, instead, for captive killer whales to be retired into sea sanctuaries where they can live out the rest of their lives in a dignified, sustainable manner.”

The Dawn Brancheau Foundation

“For Dawn Brancheau, it all began with a dream. After watching the Shamu show as a child, she was so moved by the bond shared between the whales and their caretakers that she made it her life’s ambition to become a SeaWorld whale trainer.”